I'm creating these
pages as a way to catalogue my collection and learn about point typology.
It's also the place where I'll be recording the notes I take while doing
research on ancient America. These points are not for sale though I am
occasionally interested in purchasing old collections especially if they are
personal finds. Personal recollections about the finding of the
artifacts are definitely of interest to me. Many times the story is more
interesting than the point itself.

Anasazi, Ancient
Pueblo People or Ancestral Puebloans were a prehistoric Native American
culture centered on the present-day Four Corners area of the Southwest
United States, noted for their distinctive pottery and dwelling construction
styles. Archaeologists still debate when a distinct culture emerged, but the
current consensus, based on terminology defined by the Pecos Classification,
suggests their emergence around 1200 BC, during the Basketmaker II Era.
The term Hohokam, borrowed from the Akimel O'odham, is used to define
an archaeological culture that existed from the beginning of the current era
to about the middle of the 15th century AD. As an abstract construct this
culture was centered on the middle Gila River and lower Salt River
drainages, in what is known as the Phoenix basin.

While the names
Anasazi/Hohokam sell better on Ebay, I would be more likely to label this a
San Pedro or variant of some sort.Overstreet 10 p.877.

Actually I don't see any listed for this area that closely resemble this
point.

Provenance: Found as a surface find by Catherine Horne
of Descanso. Off highway 395 north of Mono Lake.

Note: This corner notched head
has a small piece from one of the barbs missing

Grinding base reduction?
Beveled

N. California into S.
Oregon and occasionally into W. Nevada. This type has an elongated,
triangular blade when pristine with a wide, approximately square stem. Stem
sides are often ground. Bases are straight to slightly convex. - Overstreet 10 p. 975

Buck TaylorClassical to Historic Phase, 600 - 200 B.P.L 3/4" W 1/2"

A small triangular, tri
notched arrow point including a deep basil notch. Part of the Pueblo
Side Notched cluster. - Overstreet 10 p.
824

Reportedly found in Arizona

Point Type: Canali˝o
Triangular Arrow Point

Length: 3/4 inch

Age: 200 to 800 years old

Material: Felsite

Provenance: Found as a surface find during the summer of 2008 on private
land north of Descanso, California by Rob Horne of Descanso.

Note: The tip of this point is missing. In its original, undamaged state, it
was probably 35 to 40% longer than seen above, placing it at over one inch
in length when made by the aboriginal.

Although probably not as elongated as this
arrowpoint, the point seen on the left, in its original form, would
have looked similar to this complete Canalino point.

Kumeyaay Indians - Our valley was the
site of their seasonal campsites during the hot summer months as they would
travel from the eastern desert to collect acorns and avoid raiding parties
from the Yuma area Indians.

Most sources say that the Kumeyaay territory extended south to Baja
California and east to the Imperial Valley.